Windy day at Montauk

[Foghorn]

Old friend Jerry Pike and I headed to Montauk this morning for a quick day of winter fishing . Fished from 09:30 to 14:00 and had a decent day in spite of the wind. Caught somewhere between 30-35 fish in the campground and missed at least one half that many. Hot fly for me early on was a bead head fox squirrel nymph and an egg pattern for Jerry. Had some fish high in the water column and threw an #18 tan emerger but had trouble keeping any of them on. Did have a 4# brown materialize out of nowhere and track the emerger as I was stripping in. Went back upstream later and never did find it but caught a 5-5 1/2# rainbow later on a peach fur bug. Sorry for no pics but I shut the phone off and left it in the truck for a little relief. A pretty awesome day even with the wind.

[Johnsfolly]

@Foghorn congrats on a great winter fishing trip! 

[Foghorn]

Hadn't wet a line in a little while so it was  good to get away. Susie didn't want to fight the wind and set this trip out. Thanks 

[T.J. Clarke]

Congrats on the 5 pounder!  I was at Bennett and the wind was brutal.  

[mic]

Nice.

[Foghorn]

Campground parking lot had a truck with New York license plates and I  spoke with a guy who was from Miami, Florida. Said he comes for a couple weeks and fishes the less crowded winter C&R season.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

The New Yorker was probably lost. There is a Montauk, New York. I was researching Montauk state park, and Montauk NY, kept coming up in the results.  

 

 

[fishinwrench]

35 minutes ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

The New Yorker was probably lost. There is a Montauk, New York. I was researching Montauk state park, and Montauk NY, kept coming up in the results.  

 

 

Coastal Striper fishing capital of the world. 👍

[Harv]

On 2/6/2023 at 9:30 PM, Foghorn said:

Hadn't wet a line in a little while so it was  good to get away.

Nice fish Jeff!

I finally made it down to Bennett on Sunday for the first time all winter, great day to fish.

[Foghorn]

Susie and I were hoping to get to Bennett during the winter season but the 8 grandkids have been keeping us busy . Glad you got to go. Did you see good numbers of fish in the stream?